Carbon released into the atmosphere by the increasing loss of Arctic permafrost, combined with higher solar absorption by the Earth’s surface due to the melting of sea ice and land snow, will accelerate climate change – and have a multi-trillion dollar impact on the world economy. A new paper in Nature Communications reveals a… Read more »
Read Full »Leading scientists gather at Davos, with Al Gore and Christiana Figueres, for urgent meeting on Arctic change
Growing concern prompts ‘Arctic Basecamp’ at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting calling for responsible and responsive leadership on Arctic change. On Wednesday 18 January, 2017, eminent scientists, government representatives and business leaders will come together to discuss and address the complex challenges Arctic change presents to the world. Their message to the Davos delegation, the… Read more »
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Third ICE-ARC General Assembly
On 19th and 20th October 2016 ICE-ARC partners gathered for the third General Assembly Meeting in a stunning location on the Malangen peninsula near Tromsø in Northern Norway. During the two day meeting ICE-ARC members presented their work through talks and posters from all areas of the project. We were pleased to be joined by… Read more »
Read Full »Forget the FTSE – the Arctic is the real barometer of global risk
Professor Gail Whiteman, Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business and ICE-ARC Work Package leader explains why we should be concerned about figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Center which show that this year’s summer sea ice melt in the Arctic was the second lowest on record. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IkJm3lZwfQ&w=640&h=360] Read the… Read more »
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ICE-ARC WEF Arctic Change Blogs
ICE-ARC members have written a second series of blogs for the World Economic Forum about Arctic change to coincide with upcoming summer sea ice minimum. Jeremy Wilkinson (ICE-ARC PI, British Antarctic Survey) and Gail Whiteman (Work Package Leader, Pentland Centre, Lancaster University) along with Konrad Steffen (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)… Read more »
Read Full »ICE-ARC General Assembly Tromsø 2016
REGISTER NOW The third ICE-ARC General Assembly will be held at Malangen resort near Tromsø, Norway where ICE-ARC partner Norwegian Polar Institute are based. Date: 19th-20th October 2016 Venue: Malangen Resort Registration deadline: 29th July 2016 Abstracts: Please submit your abstracts online, this can be done after registration, until the deadline of the 30 September 2016. Everyone… Read more »
Read Full »ICE-ARC General Assembly Bologna, Italy 2015
REGISTER NOW The second ICE-ARC General Assembly will be held in Bologna, Italy. ICE-ARC partner CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) has kindly offered to host the meeting at the CNR Congress Centre Date: 20-22nd October 2015 Venue: CNR Congress Centre Registration deadline: 14th September 2015 Abstracts: Please submit your abstracts online, this can be done after registration, until… Read more »
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Brochure available to download
The ICE-ARC brochure is now complete. This is availble for download: ICE-ARC brochure pages format – for printing on standard printers. The brochure is designed as a three-fold A4 brochure, if you would like it in this format, electronically or a printed hard copy, please contact Katie Gosling.
Read Full »Economic modellers meet in Rotterdam
The first meeting of the Work Package 4 (WP4), covering both climate and economic modelling in the Arctic, was held at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) on the 9th September 2014. Over 15 participants joined for the day meeting, and all the WP4 partners were represented. The three main sessions covered: the PAGE model… Read more »
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